Editorial

Matthew Pace :The authors of the proposed sustainable development goals weighed the challenges then put the fight against poverty at the top of their list....

Thalif Deen :The U.N.’s highly ambitious post-2015 development agenda, which is expected to be finalised shortly, has come fire even before it could get off...

MORE than 4,000 people die on Bangladesh’s roads every year. The country has one of the highest rates in the world, with more than 85...

AS flood hits most districts in the south-east and some in the south-western region, farmers appear to be the worst victims of the flooding with...

Kanya D’Almeida :Caught in the grips of a summer heat-wave, in a season that is seeing record-high temperatures worldwide, residents of the war-torn city of...

Bill Clinton :My first encounter with AIDS came in the 1980s, when I was governor of Arkansas. A close friend had contracted the virus, and...

Adva Saldinger :Professor Muhammad Yunus has already transformed global financial systems and made his mark on development, but at 75 he’s not done yet.What he’s...

QUESTION papers leakage in public examinations is a regular phenomenon neutralizing the acceptability of such examinations in determining the merits of students and Transparency International,...

THE costs of electricity generation are falling in the country along with the fall in fuel price internationally. But, the prices of electricity at the...

Live telecast of World Swimming The 16th edition of the World Swimming Championship began on July 24 in the Russian city of Kazan. About 2,400...

Criminality breeds when social impactness wanes From the recent killing and torture of women and children, it is evident that ethics and morality and social...

Axel Berger, Dominique Bruhn :The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is on the home straight. Following several days of bargaining by the Chief Negotiators, the Trade Ministers...